[humanser] Job interviews

[Ashley Bramlett]

Rebecca,

Good questions. I'd say to focus on your skills and abilities first.
I use a cane so my vision impairment is obvious.
I am self disclosing by walking with a cane.
I usually disclose before the interview though.

I'd say bring up accomodations as they relate to the job. For instance if 
they ask how you  multi task or work on a collaborative document or do 
research, explain you can do those task and mention jaws. Say its an 
electronic software which reads the screen, a screen reader.
As I read, your  field is counseling. Counseling sessions are much about 
listening and asking questions anyways.
So, it seems to me that the bulk of your job as a counselor requires no 
accomodation. Not that I know much of the field, but I've known a few blind 
counselors and been in counseling myself.
It seems to me that accomodations will arise when you need to complete 
intakes and other forms related to your clients.
I've been in counseling some. My counselors wrote  a few notes in the 
sessions, but primarily they listened.
It seems to me that whatever notetaking system you devised to work in 
college  could work to write notes on your clients.
What are you having difficulty with? You already know jaws.

As for actually asking for accomodations, you don't really need to ask for 
those in the interview. Certainly say how you do the job though as your 
employer will wonder about that.
They can ask how you can perform the job but not about your disability. Hope 
they don't ask illegal questions.

Good luck!
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rebecca Arrowood via Humanser
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 8:17 PM
To: Human Services Division Mailing List
Cc: Rebecca Arrowood
Subject: [humanser] Job interviews

Hi everyone,

As I continue my job search and hope to obtain some job interviews soon does 
anyone have any good input regarding talking about accommodations? As my 
vision has declined I am starting to learn that there are certain things I 
used to be able to do but now I'm having trouble with. Therefore trying to 
come up with accommodations that I may need for a job as a counselor or 
therapist has been difficult. How do I disclose accommodations I may need 
but also come across as being able to do the job?  I am very new with all of 
this so any feedback or input would be appreciated!  Also how do you discern 
what is a reasonable accommodation?

Thanks,
Rebecca Arrowood
Sent from my iPhone


> On Jul 2, 2016, at 8:07 AM, JD Townsend via Humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> Hello Quinto,
>
> Well, almost every feature is accessible.  At the present time I can read 
> most everything and enter most everything, the sole exception is a portion 
> of the psychiatrist's reports that identifies the current diagnosis.  I'm 
> guessing that I can read this with the virtual reader feature of 
> Window-Eyes, perhaps JAWS has a similar feature.  But, without a screen 
> reader most of the screens are a mess of poorly connected bits, some read 
> and some not.
>
> JD
> -----Original Message----- From: Quinto Sanchez via Humanser
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 11:55 AM
> To: Human Services Mailing List
> Cc: Quinto Sanchez
> Subject: [humanser] Scripting for EMR
>
> Hi list,
>
> I am curious for those of you who have had someone come in and write 
> scripts to make EMR programs more accessible, how well did that work? Were 
> you then able to use all aspects of the software or was it only the most 
> essential features needed for your employment? Were you able to read 
> history, case notes, assessments, appointment scheduling.... and were you 
> able to not only read but insert information as needed? Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Quinto Sanchez M.A., LPC
> Foundational Healing Counseling Services
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